Gwyneth Walker

Una suite de tres movimientos para orquesta, compuesta para celebrar el 250 aniversario de la fundación de los Estados Unidos (1776-2026). La inspiración para esta música está tomada de canciones que...

A haunting setting which is definitely for a reflective, memorial or commemorative type of occasion. The text is by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and is set for SATB chorus (unaccompanied, no divisi.) D minor...

Commissioned by a choral society in memory of their beloved accompanist, this is an SATB divisi unaccompanied setting of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The text remembers a departed friend through...

Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing” (excerpted from Leaves of Grass), with its many references to men singing at their work, seems best suited to the direct and forceful character of unaccomp...

I Will Arise comprises vocal lines which may be divided among the chorus according to voice range-with melody, harmony and descant designations. Be Thou My Vision has a dimension of an 'entreaty' to t...

I Will Arise comprises vocal lines which may be divided among the chorus according to voice range-with melody, harmony and descant designations. It might be possible to perform this song with either j...

Be Thou My Vision has a dimension of an entreaty to the Lord, as if asking for the Lord's presence to be there at all times. Thus, the phrase 'Be Thou' repeats as a background during the singing. Even...

Standin' in the Need of Prayer is a lively tune in swing rhythm. New words are added within the lighthearted approach. It becomes evident during the singing that the choir feels that they are in the g...

A charming duet (or duel!) between a woman (who loves music) and a man (who loves poetry). Ah, the battle between Dowland and Spencer, the rivalry between the lute and the couplets! They both survive…

The traditional text with spiritual roots has been adapted by the composer. With an unadorned melody set in a simple but beautiful musical language with open, transparent harmonies, this music can be...